An important purpose of Yuan Chao's visit this time is to see if he can have the honor to meet Ye Chang and get Ye Chang's guidance.

He is also a big-hearted person, although he said that he hoped to meet Ye Chang's subordinates, but in fact, he wanted to get the opportunity to be alone with Ye Chang and ask Ye Chang for some skills to make a fortune.

He is a native of Taizhou, where the sea is convenient and rich in silk, so he originally had the style of a businessman. By chance, he got acquainted with Wang Qinian, and when he saw his wealth, he was envious. Although he is a small official, when it comes to pomp and extravagance, even their county guard is far from Wang Qinian.

Consciously the ability is not worse than Wang Qinian, the difference is only the opportunity, this time to Chang'an, to touch this opportunity.

After finishing the official business, it was necessary to stay in Chang'an for a while and wait for the palindrome, taking this opportunity, Yuan Chao and Yuan Ying inquired all the way and came to Ye Chang's mansion. When he arrived at the gate of Ye's mansion, he was stunned, and Yuan Ying beside him smacked his tongue again and again: "I accompanied my brother to the yamen the day before yesterday, but I never saw such a look-doesn't it mean that Ye Gong offended the Son of Heaven, and now he is so neglected that he can't even go to the Hot Spring Palace?" But in front of the house, there are still so many people

In front of Ye Chang's door, there are indeed a lot of people, and now the streets of Chang'an are hardened, and a rectangle of half a zhang wide and two zhang long is drawn on the edge of the cement pavement, which is specially used for temporary parking of carriages and sedan chairs, and in front of Ye Chang's house, these parked sedan chairs are fully discharged for half a mile.

There are also horses tied to the side of the road, Yuan Ying counted for a long time, and calculated that there were thirty or forty horses.

This also means that there are hundreds of people waiting to see Ye Chang in front of the door, which is almost the same as the people in front of the prime minister's door.

"It's lively, how can our brothers go in and ask to see you?" Yuan Chao came back to his senses and said with a wry smile.

originally thought that Ye Chang was snubbed by the Son of Heaven and was a cold stove, and he came to burn the cold stove, which was easier to get Ye Chang's favor, but now it seems that they don't think about it at all, Ye Chang's influence is no longer because of Li Longji, but on himself

Yuan Chao was extremely envious in his heart, if he was so majestic, it would be good.

"Brother, we're just waiting here, why don't we intervene?" After waiting for a while, they barely moved forward a few positions, and Yuan Ying went from feeling lively at the beginning to being extremely bored now, and asked Yuan Chao.

"Where did you come from, you actually said such stupid things" Yuan Chao hadn't opened his mouth yet, and someone behind him was already talking.

The two looked back and saw that it was a person in a small hat in green clothes, with a disdainful face, squinting at the two, and when they looked at them, the man laughed: "What, not convinced?" Don't ask, what kind of place is this, this is the queue in front of the Ye Mansion, even if it is not the envoy of the princes and nobles, it is also the shopkeeper of the wealthy merchants in the capital, the most unlucky, they are all talented people who enter Beijing to invite names, you two, dare to intervene in their team? ”

"What if you plug it in?" Yuan Ying was a little short-tempered, and she was most despised, so she said sharply.

"So you're a dirt bun, and there's nothing to cut in line, just try it." The man encouraged.

Although Yuan Ying is short-tempered, she is not stupid, the envoys of so many big names are honestly lining up, obviously, if you cut the line, there will definitely be no good results. He glared at the man, muttering and scolding in Taizhou dialect, the man didn't understand, but he also knew that the Tao was not a good word.

The man glared back, but he screamed in his heart. Originally, I wanted to provoke these two country buns to make trouble, so that they could be driven away, so that I could go forward, but I never thought that these two soil buns looked clumsy and clumsy, and they couldn't be fooled.

Anyone who has dealt with Ye Chang knows very well that Ye Chang likes order and does not like chaos. Therefore, asking to see him in front of his door, queuing up honestly, the person who cut in line was discovered, even if it was a messenger from the princess's mansion or the prince's mansion, don't want to step into the door of Ye Chang's mansion today, this is a dead rule.

If there is an urgent matter, you can cut the queue, but you also need to go to the porter to make a pass, and the porter will judge whether the matter is really urgent.

After lining up for half a day, Yuan Ying saw that the line was still very long, and she became more and more impatient. Yuan Chao is the same, and he himself knows that with such a long line, even if it is his turn, it is unknown whether Ye Chang will see him or not.

After all, he came to seek advice, which was a big deal for him, but it was not a person to Ye Chang at all. Looking at this appearance, Ye Chang is so busy that he can't touch the ground with his feet at the same time, where can he have time to care about the few idle people who came to see him from afar.

"That's it, stay in Chang'an, and come back in a few days." He said to Yuan Ying.

Yuan Ying was a little indignant: "We came from afar, we should have let us see the seer, this Ye Gong, although he is famous, is not the one who respects heroes." ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense." Yuan Chao shouted.

After the two of them went back, they waited for a few more days, and before they came to Ye Chang's Mansion again, they were still full of people. They looked at each other, and Yuan Ying was a little deflated: "Brother, it seems that we can't see this Ye Gong." ”

"Don't worry, we're late today, let's get up next time it's dark, we can always get ahead of everyone" Yuan Chao also said helplessly.

This time they didn't wait any longer, and turned around and left when they saw that there were many people. After a few more days, they first inquired clearly, Ye Chang would be in the mansion the next day, and the next morning, as soon as the curfew was lifted, they went to the street and rushed to Guangdefang, where Ye Chang's mansion was located.

Sure enough, when they came here today, there were many fewer people in front of them, and the two of them went to the porter to greet them, but the porter was polite and asked them to sit in the gatehouse.

"Finally able to see Ye Gong, big brother, if we get Ye Gong's guidance, we can be like Wang Qinian, right?" Yuan Ying said with joy.

"Our Taizhou is blessed with a unique sea, near the sea, and a good port, our brothers are familiar with marine workers and fishermen, and it is very simple to recruit people. As long as Ye Gong instructs, even if he can't cultivate overseas like Wang Qinian, he will always have no worries about being a rich man. Yuan Chao was half expecting and half comforting.

"If that's the case, I'm going to marry her three or five wives and concubines, spread out the branches, and have more children and grandchildren, ha......ha

Yuan Chao also laughed.

There were still two groups of people in front of them, and when they heard them say this, they all showed disdain, and his two brothers did not care.

But at this moment, I saw someone coming straight in from the outside, and when he arrived at the porter, he said, "The person escorted by Anxi has arrived."

When the porter heard this, he got up solemnly: "That being the case, I'm afraid that Zhongcheng won't be able to see outsiders today."

Yuan Ying was anxious when she heard this: "No, it's finally going to me, but I don't see any outsiders?" ”

When he shouted, the porter was a little annoyed, and turned his face to glare at him: "Where is this place, how can you make loud noises, you should be careful"

Yuan Ying was about to call again, but was pressed back by Yuan Chao. The concierge let the person who delivered the news in, this is considered a queue, Yuan Ying saw this scene, her face turned red and purple alternately, and she only felt that she was infinitely wronged.

Yuan Chao knew that his brother was straightforward and had no heart, so he stopped him from causing trouble. After a while, a person came out of it and said to the porter: "These guests, please go back first, there is something going on in Zhongcheng today, and I can't see any outsiders." ”

Yuan Chao was also extremely annoyed in his heart, this Ye Gong was really hard to see. Yuan Ying over there jumped up suddenly, and said loudly: "If you say you will see it, if you don't see it, you won't see it, this Ye Zhongcheng's shelf is too big......

When he shouted, the rest of the anxious people couldn't help but be restless. The porter was also annoyed when he saw his disrespectful words, glared at him and said, "Where did you come from, dare to be rude here, don't get out of here"

Ye Chang's porter was all veterans and wounded soldiers who followed him in the southern and northern wars, and their hands and feet were a little inflexible and they could no longer do heavy work. The porter's hamstring was severed in the fierce battle, and he limped and limped. Hearing him scold himself, Yuan Ying pointed at him and said: "You blind lame, a dog looks at people with low eyes, if it weren't for your broken leg, grandpa would be ...... today."

Before he finished speaking, a few people rushed in from outside the gatehouse, punched and kicked Yuan Ying down, and then threw Yuan Chao out of Ye Mansion.

The porter limped out, looked at the two of them, and said with a sneer: "There are always people like you who dare to come to the Ye Mansion to make trouble...... Do you think you're a bad guy at the door? If you want to fight, don't look at grandpa where I am from, grandpa when I cut off the head of a barbarian in Yunnan as a ball, you don't know which country pimple you nest in"

Yuan Chao's face was pale, and when he saw that Yuan Ying was still scolding, he pulled him away. Yuan Ying scolded all the way, and when she was far away from Yefu, she suddenly remembered that she didn't hold down her temper today, but she made a mistake about her own family.

"Brother, it's my fault for my younger brother." He said with shame on his face.

Yuan Chao snorted, ignored him, and pondered in his heart how to solve the current problem

offended Ye Chang's porter, when the porter came out, it was clear that they remembered their brother, and it was almost impossible to ask for a meeting in the future, in this case, how not to let Yuan Chao have some resentment in his heart.

They stood on the streets of Chang'an blankly, not knowing what to do next, and then they saw that more than 20 horsemen came out from the direction of Yefu, followed Yanshoufang Street, arrived at Jinguangmen Hengjie and then turned west. Among these people, the crowd is Ye Chang, whom they have seen from afar.

"He really has something to do when he leaves the house" Yuan Ying also recognized Ye Chang and snorted: "It's just like that, raising such an unreasonable disciple, I don't think it's as good as the rumors."

"It looks like I'm going outside the West City...... Let's take a look. Yuan Chao always had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and maybe he could stop Ye Chang on the way and say a few words.

Ye Chang did go outside the West City, and when he got out of Jinguang Gate, it was Cao Canal, and parallel to Cao Canal, there was a newly built rut track, stretching out to the west.

The other end of this rutted track was initially designated as Yumen, which was originally built to facilitate the deployment of soldiers and horses to Longyou and Anxi, but it has not been completely repaired yet.

The 10-train train was stopping at the half-opened rutted station, and about a few hundred soldiers were standing guard outside the station.

In the dark carriage of a train, Khalid looked out through the gap in the carriage, then turned back and said to the corner of the carriage: "General, depending on the situation, we have arrived"

The person he spoke to was none other than Ziad.

One of Ye Chang's biggest achievements outside the tax construction city was this Ziad general. He was escorted all the way to Chang'an, and with him came 1,500 captives.

Many of these captives who came to Chang'an first were nobles, dignitaries, generals, and leaders of Da Shi, Hezhong, and Tocharo, as well as their own soldiers, and Ye Chang brought them here before the year, originally to pat Li Longji's sycophants and make Li Longji happy in the New Year. As a result, he didn't expect that because of Shou'an's marriage, he had a conflict with Li Longji, and although he was released from prison, this sycophant action was a chicken rib.

Ziad hid in a dark corner, covering his face with his hands.

He was escorted as the most important prisoner of war, and he was accompanied by the three kings of the Transoxiana states, including the Anguo king Qubodi. Along the way, Ziad was thinking about why he suffered another big defeat after a big victory, and what strength did the Tang people rely on to curb the momentum of his victory, and then turn defeat into victory.

The flood haunted him like a nightmare. In his previous battle memories, he had never made such full use of the great power of nature, and at that moment, it seemed that the sky and the earth were on the side of the Tang people

"This is a revelation from the true God to me, and it must be so, that he wants me to know that to the east of us there are dissidents and Calefi who can manipulate the flood, and that let us not waste our energies on the Byzantines in the west, but look back at ...... east."

Even though he was a prisoner, he still prayed punctually according to the canon, and never ate the meat provided by the Tang people.

"It seems like there's an argument......," Khalid added.

"Dispute...... That's inevitable, that Ye Chang is so arrogant that even his boss dares to arrest and exile, is there less of their quarrels along the way? Ziad's voice came from behind his palm: "Khalid...... Do you know how Lu Dao defeated the Tang people? ”

"Zhilu said, along the way, the general told us repeatedly. Engage the Tang people in a vast area of flat land to avoid their use of water or fire. It is necessary to block the most courageous warriors of the Tang people with a dense formation, and do not be divided by them. To ......"

Khalid memorized the lessons summarized by Ziyad, and then said with a wry smile: "General, even if we know how to defeat the Tang people, we have failed." ”

"I failed, and I didn't have a chance to go back to our hometown, because I am the commander-in-chief, and the Tang people will not let me go." Ziad put down his hand, his eyes flashed with anger: "But you are different, you are just my personal guard, as long as you pretend to be submissive, the Tang people will let you go, you can go back to our country, and then lead the troops to avenge me"

Khalid was stunned, he never thought that Ziyad would have such a plan.

"You too...... If you have a chance to escape, in the name of the true God, you must come back and avenge me," Ziad said to the rest of the people.

Some of the people nodded, some disagreed, and some were numb. Ziad sighed and didn't say anything more.